what does 'do mksap' mean? do mcq's, read mksap text, or both?

[2007er]

So I've heard people casually say that to pass the boards, 'do mksap'. what do they mean? do they mean read through the text and answer all the questions? or do they make just do the mcq's? there's about 1200 mcq's in mksap 14.

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[gwen]

ew, don't do mksap. do med study. if you really insist on doing mksap, then do just the questions...they are harder than the actual boards. the intraining exam is also harder than the boards.

 

[Papa Boz]

ew, don't do mksap. do med study. if you really insist on doing mksap, then do just the questions...they are harder than the actual boards. the intraining exam is also harder than the boards.

Agree with "do just the questions... they are harder than the actual boards." I however strongly recommend MKSAP questions. I did them (and reviewed the answers) multiple times. When I took the boards last year I swore it was like I had seen the questions before.

The questions are harder, but they are very representative of the content of the boards. In other words, if you know those questions (why right is right, and why the others are wrong), you should do fine. Reading MKSAP is fine to pass some time on a slow rotation, but the magic is in the questions.

I didn't do MedStudy on advice of others, so can't comment there. But anecdotally, all my friends that studied did MKSAP questions did better than those that didn't.